According to that entity, the figures double those registered in the same period of 2014 and 40 percent of the refugees who undertook this journey are Syrian.
For its part, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), warned of the rise of that figure in the upcoming days and the fragmentation of migratory flows to new routes.
The agency spokesman Adrian Edwards stated the meetings of the leaders of the 28 scheduled for next week 'could be the last chance for a united, coherent and positive response to the European crisis'.
'Time is running out', he said and warned that closing borders is not the solution to this problem.
Europe is now divided over how to deal with the influx of people, mainly Syrian refugees fleeing the four-year foreign-backed militancy in their homeland. The violence has forced over four million Syrians to take refuge in neighboring countries, including Jordan and Lebanon. More than 7.2 million others have been displaced internally, according to UN figures.
On Friday, EU legislators vote in favor of a proposal to relocate 120,000 refugees currently in Italy, Greece, and Hungary to other EU member states. However, during a debate in the European Parliament, most of the legislators criticized the EU’s handling of refugee crisis, saying that even if the measure is agreed by the bloc’s members, it will be completely inadequate.
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